Bearing for roof-hooks.



W. E. WATTS.

BEARING FOR ROOF HOOKS.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 22, 1913.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

3% /ym M/ rHE NORRIS PETERS CO., FHOTuLITI-IOH WASHINGTON D.

UNTTED @TATES PATENT @FFTCE.

WILLIA'M E. WATTS. OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO FLORENCE W. MERRILL OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AND ONE-THIRD T0 IRVING BEARING FOR ROOF-HOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filed. July 22, 1913. Serial No. 780,497.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM E. lVA'rTs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bearings for Roof- Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to painters staging hooks and more particularly to safety devices to be used in connection therewith.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient device which may be lashed or otherwise attached to the building and which is adapted to engage the end of the hook and hold the same against displacement, at the same time permitting a rotary movement of the hook when necessary.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawlng, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a portion of an ordinary painters hook mounted in the device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the hook in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig.2.

In the specific embodiment of the invention as illustrated herein the usual type of painters hook 1 has a ball 2 riveted upon one end thereof and adapted to be received in a socket of a safety device to be now described. This safety device comprises a base 3 having a raised hollow boss 4 thereon having an inclined upper face 5. The boss is provided centrally with a socket 6 having recesses 7 formed thereinto receive the projecting studs 8 of the Babbitt metal bushing 9. This bushing is preferably poured into the socket, while the ball is arranged therein but separated from engagement with the walls of the socket. Pivotally mounted upon a bolt 10 threaded into the boss adjacent one corner thereof are a pair of retaining members 11 and 12 which extend which are under-cut, as shown at 1 1, to fit the ball. These retaining members are normally held in separated relation by a spring 15 arranged between them adjacent their pivotal points and when brought together over the ball and held in such position serve to hold the ball against displacement.

The member 11 carries a pivoted yoke 16 which is adapted to swing over the end of the member 12 and hold the members against separation. The bolt 10 holds the members down against the boss at one end and to provide means for holding the opposite end of the members against the base there is threaded into the boss diagonally opposite the socket a bolt 17 which holds both of, the separable ends of the members 11 and 12 down upon the base when they are held in closed position by the yoke 11. Suitable pins 18 project upwardly from the base and limit the outward movement of the members 11 and 12 when released by the yoke 16.

The base 3 is provided with a plurality of apertures 19 and with lashing loops 20 and 21 by which the device may be lashed to the building in lieu of driving fastening devices through the apertures 19 and the underneath side of the base is provided with suitable calks 22 which prevent the base from slipping on the roof or other support.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. A safety device for roof hooks comprising a base having a raised boss with a socket therein, means to secure the base to a support, a pair of swinging retaining members for holding a hook ball in the socket, means for clamping the free ends of the members against the boss, means to normally spread the clamping members and means carried by one of the members for holding both members in operative position about the ball.

2. A safety device for roof hooks comprising a base having a raised boss with a socket therein, means to secure the base to a support, a pair of swinging retaining memo taining members, means placed on one of bers for holding a hook ball in the socket, detachably clamp the retaining members the retaining members being recessed adagainst the boss. 10 j acent their pivoted ends, a spring disposed In testimony whereof} aflix my signature in said recesses to normally spread the rein presence of tWo Witnesses.

' K WILLIAM E. WATTS. the retaining members, adjacent its free end Witnesses: for holding the members in operative posi- MARIE A. FoULKs, tion about the ball, and a clamping bolt to FLORENCE WATTS-MERRILL.

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Washington, D. C. 

